Mohammad Aslam Khan Khalil
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Mohammad Aslam Khan Khalil or M.A.K Khalil and Aslam Khalil is a highly cited atmospheric physicist
and Research Scientist of American and Pakistani origins. In his early career he worked on quantum field theory
of elementary particles. During the last three decades he has worked on Global Change Science, including the physics, chemistry and biology of greenhouse gases and ozone
depleting compounds. He is a Professor of Physics
at Portland State University
.
, Uttar Pradesh
, India
, Khalil's family migrated to, Pakistan
in 1952 where they settled in Abbottabad
, Pakistan
. He attended Burn Hall School in Abbottabad
in the mid-1950s and Saint Placid's High School
in Chittagong
, East Pakistan
(now Bangladesh
) in the early 1960s. Khalil's family moved to the United States
in 1963 where he graduated from Alexander Ramsey Sr. High School in Roseville
, Minnesota
in 1966 (Roseville Area High School
).
Mohammad Aslam Khan Khalil received his Bachelor of Physics
degree from the University of Minnesota Institute of Technology
, Minneapolis in 1970. In the same year he received a B.A.
in Mathematics
and a B.A. in Psychology
from the University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts
. In 1972, he received his M.S. in Physics
from Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Dr. Khalil was awarded a Ph.D in Theoretical Physics
under the supervision of the Indian-American theoretical physicist Dr. E.C.G. Sudarshan from the Center for Particle Theory at the University of Texas, Austin
in 1976. In 1979, Dr. Khalil received an M.S and a Ph.D in Environmental Science and Engineering from Oregon Graduate Center under the supervision of the American Botanist and Atmospheric Chemist
, Dr. Reinhold A. Rasmussen.
. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 1982 and to Full Professor in 1984. In 1990, he founded the Global Change Research Center at OGC and served its first director until 1995, when he left the Oregon Graduate Institute (formerly OGC) and joined Portland State University
(PSU) as a Professor of Physics, a post he currently holds. He is also the Director of PSU's Environmental Science
and Resources Interdisciplinary Ph.D program that spans eight departments.
and environmental scientist
. Dr. Khalil has published more than 200 scientific articles and papers in the United States
. He and his colleague R. A. Rasmussen discovered the increase of methane in the Earth's atmosphere in 1981 which has led to a recognition of the important effects of non-CO2 greenhouse gases on global warming. His work has contributed to the Kyoto Protocol to limit the emissions of greenhouse gases and the earlier Montreal Protocol to control the emissions of ozone depleting compounds. Dr. Khalil is listed in Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the World.
Endurance Bicyclist
Founder and Owner of Andarz Co. A company that conducts advanced research about the human impacts on climate.
M.A.K. Khalil. Annual Review of Energy/Environment, Annual Reviews, 1999, Vol. 24: 245-261, 1999.
M.A.K. Khalil. Encyclopedia of Geochemistry, Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series, C.P. Marshall and R.W. Fairbridge, Editors, Kluwer Academic Publishers, p. 143-145, 1999.
M.A.K. Khalil, R.A. Rasmussen, M.J. Shearer, R.W. Dalluge, L.X. Ren, and C.-L. Duan, J. Geophys. Res., 103(D19): 25,181-25,210, 1998.
M.A.K. Khalil, R.A. Rasmussen, M.J. Shearer, Z.-L. Chen, H. Yao, and Y. Jun, J. Geophys. Res., 103(D19): 25,241-25,250, 1998.
M.A.K. Khalil, M.J. Shearer, and R.A.Rasmussen, World Resource Review, 8(4): 481-492, 1996.
Y. Lu and M.A.K. Khalil. Chemosphere, 32(4): 739-758, 1996.
M.A.K. Khalil. Encyclopedia of Environmental Biology, Volume 2, W.A. Nirenberg, Editor, Academic Press, Florida, p. 251-265, 1995.
M.A.K. Khalil and R.A. Rasmussen; J. Geophys. Res., 97(D13):14651-14660, 1992.
R.M. MacKay and M.A.K. Khalil, Chemosphere, 22(3-4):383-417, 1991.
M. A. K. Khalil and F. P. Moraes. Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association, 45, Jan 1995.
Atmospheric physics
Atmospheric physics is the application of physics to the study of the atmosphere. Atmospheric physicists attempt to model Earth's atmosphere and the atmospheres of the other planets using fluid flow equations, chemical models, radiation balancing, and energy transfer processes in the atmosphere...
and Research Scientist of American and Pakistani origins. In his early career he worked on quantum field theory
Quantum field theory
Quantum field theory provides a theoretical framework for constructing quantum mechanical models of systems classically parametrized by an infinite number of dynamical degrees of freedom, that is, fields and many-body systems. It is the natural and quantitative language of particle physics and...
of elementary particles. During the last three decades he has worked on Global Change Science, including the physics, chemistry and biology of greenhouse gases and ozone
Ozone
Ozone , or trioxygen, is a triatomic molecule, consisting of three oxygen atoms. It is an allotrope of oxygen that is much less stable than the diatomic allotrope...
depleting compounds. He is a Professor of Physics
Physics
Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
at Portland State University
Portland State University
Portland State University is a public state urban university located in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1946, it has the largest overall enrollment of any university in the state of Oregon, including undergraduate and graduate students. It is also the only public university in...
.
Education
Born in JhansiJhansi
Jhansi Hindi:झाँसी, , Marathi: झाशी, is a historical city of India. Jhansi is the administrative headquarters of Jhansi District and Jhansi Division. The original walled city grew up around its stone fort, which crowns a neighboring rock. This district is on the bank of river Betwa.The National...
, Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, Khalil's family migrated to, Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
in 1952 where they settled in Abbottabad
Abbottabad
Abbottabad is a city located in the Hazara region of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, in Pakistan. The city is situated in the Orash Valley, northeast of the capital Islamabad and east of Peshawar at an altitude of and is the capital of the Abbottabad District...
, Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. He attended Burn Hall School in Abbottabad
Abbottabad
Abbottabad is a city located in the Hazara region of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, in Pakistan. The city is situated in the Orash Valley, northeast of the capital Islamabad and east of Peshawar at an altitude of and is the capital of the Abbottabad District...
in the mid-1950s and Saint Placid's High School
Saint Placid's High School
Saint Placid's High School was founded by the Anglo Belgian Benedictines in Chittagong, Bangladesh, in 1853 when the country was under British occupation. The school was named after Saint Placid, a Benedictine Saint of the 6th century. It was the first school to be taken over by Religious Order...
in Chittagong
Chittagong
Chittagong ) is a city in southeastern Bangladesh and the capital of an eponymous district and division. Built on the banks of the Karnaphuli River, the city is home to Bangladesh's busiest seaport and has a population of over 4.5 million, making it the second largest city in the country.A trading...
, East Pakistan
East Pakistan
East Pakistan was a provincial state of Pakistan established in 14 August 1947. The provincial state existed until its declaration of independence on 26 March 1971 as the independent nation of Bangladesh. Pakistan recognized the new nation on 16 December 1971. East Pakistan was created from Bengal...
(now Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
) in the early 1960s. Khalil's family moved to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
in 1963 where he graduated from Alexander Ramsey Sr. High School in Roseville
Roseville
-United States:*Roseville, Arkansas, in Logan County, Arkansas*Roseville, California*Roseville, Illinois*Roseville, Michigan*Roseville, Minnesota*Roseville, Ohio*Roseville, Pennsylvania*Roseville Township, Minnesota*Roseville, Newark, New Jersey...
, Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
in 1966 (Roseville Area High School
Roseville Area High School
Roseville Area High School is a public high school located in Roseville, Minnesota near the Twin Cities. It serves Roseville and the surrounding communities of Falcon Heights, Lauderdale, Little Canada, Maplewood, and Shoreview, Minnesota...
).
Mohammad Aslam Khan Khalil received his Bachelor of Physics
Physics
Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
degree from the University of Minnesota Institute of Technology
University of Minnesota Institute of Technology
The College of Science and Engineering is one of the colleges of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota. On July 1, 2010, the college was officially called the College of Science and Engineering , renamed from the Institute of Technology...
, Minneapolis in 1970. In the same year he received a B.A.
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
in Mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
and a B.A. in Psychology
Psychology
Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society...
from the University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts
University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts
__FORCETOC__The University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts is the largest college of the University of Minnesota in the Twin Cities of Minnesota. Established in 1868, the College of Liberal Arts offers more than 65 majors and 70 minors to its more than 14,200 undergraduate students, as well as...
. In 1972, he received his M.S. in Physics
Physics
Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
from Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Dr. Khalil was awarded a Ph.D in Theoretical Physics
Theoretical physics
Theoretical physics is a branch of physics which employs mathematical models and abstractions of physics to rationalize, explain and predict natural phenomena...
under the supervision of the Indian-American theoretical physicist Dr. E.C.G. Sudarshan from the Center for Particle Theory at the University of Texas, Austin
Austin
Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas.Austin may also refer to:-In the United States:*Austin, Arkansas*Austin, Colorado*Austin, Chicago, Illinois*Austin, Indiana*Austin, Minnesota*Austin, Nevada*Austin, Oregon...
in 1976. In 1979, Dr. Khalil received an M.S and a Ph.D in Environmental Science and Engineering from Oregon Graduate Center under the supervision of the American Botanist and Atmospheric Chemist
Atmospheric chemistry
Atmospheric chemistry is a branch of atmospheric science in which the chemistry of the Earth's atmosphere and that of other planets is studied. It is a multidisciplinary field of research and draws on environmental chemistry, physics, meteorology, computer modeling, oceanography, geology and...
, Dr. Reinhold A. Rasmussen.
Teaching and Research at American Universities
In 1980 Dr. Khalil joined the Oregon Graduate Center (OGC) as an Assistant Professor of Environmental ScienceEnvironmental science
Environmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physical and biological sciences, to the study of the environment, and the solution of environmental problems...
. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 1982 and to Full Professor in 1984. In 1990, he founded the Global Change Research Center at OGC and served its first director until 1995, when he left the Oregon Graduate Institute (formerly OGC) and joined Portland State University
Portland State University
Portland State University is a public state urban university located in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1946, it has the largest overall enrollment of any university in the state of Oregon, including undergraduate and graduate students. It is also the only public university in...
(PSU) as a Professor of Physics, a post he currently holds. He is also the Director of PSU's Environmental Science
Environmental science
Environmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physical and biological sciences, to the study of the environment, and the solution of environmental problems...
and Resources Interdisciplinary Ph.D program that spans eight departments.
Legacy and Fame
Mohammad Aslam Khan Khalil is a well-known academic and a highly cited atmospheric physicistAtmospheric physics
Atmospheric physics is the application of physics to the study of the atmosphere. Atmospheric physicists attempt to model Earth's atmosphere and the atmospheres of the other planets using fluid flow equations, chemical models, radiation balancing, and energy transfer processes in the atmosphere...
and environmental scientist
Environmental science
Environmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physical and biological sciences, to the study of the environment, and the solution of environmental problems...
. Dr. Khalil has published more than 200 scientific articles and papers in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. He and his colleague R. A. Rasmussen discovered the increase of methane in the Earth's atmosphere in 1981 which has led to a recognition of the important effects of non-CO2 greenhouse gases on global warming. His work has contributed to the Kyoto Protocol to limit the emissions of greenhouse gases and the earlier Montreal Protocol to control the emissions of ozone depleting compounds. Dr. Khalil is listed in Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the World.
Awards
- Outstanding Scientist Award, Oregon Academy of Sciences (2004)
- ISI's Most Cited Author (2001)
- Citation From UNEP (2008): Member of the team that won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for the IPCC
Avocations And Other Activities of Note
Distance Runner - Marathon and Ultra-MarathonEndurance Bicyclist
Founder and Owner of Andarz Co. A company that conducts advanced research about the human impacts on climate.
Memberships
- Handbook of Environmental Chemistry Member, Editorial Board
- Environmental Science and Pollution Research International Member, Editorial Board
- Member of American Geophysical Union
- Member of American Physical Society
- Member of American Chemical Society
- Member of Nature Conservancy
- An elected fellow at Sigma Xi PhysicsPhysicsPhysics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
societySocietyA society, or a human society, is a group of people related to each other through persistent relations, or a large social grouping sharing the same geographical or virtual territory, subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations... - Chemosphere: Global Change Science, Editor-in-Chief (1990–2005)
- Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems Member, Editorial Advisory Board (1990–1995)
- Atmospheric Environment Member, Editorial Board (1996–2008)
- Director of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on "Atmospheric Methane: Its Role in Global Change" Mt. Hood, Oregon (1991)
Scientific Papers and Articles
- Non-CO2 greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
M.A.K. Khalil. Annual Review of Energy/Environment, Annual Reviews, 1999, Vol. 24: 245-261, 1999.
- Earth’s atmosphere.
M.A.K. Khalil. Encyclopedia of Geochemistry, Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series, C.P. Marshall and R.W. Fairbridge, Editors, Kluwer Academic Publishers, p. 143-145, 1999.
- Measurements of methane emissions from rice fields in China.
M.A.K. Khalil, R.A. Rasmussen, M.J. Shearer, R.W. Dalluge, L.X. Ren, and C.-L. Duan, J. Geophys. Res., 103(D19): 25,181-25,210, 1998.
- Emissions of methane, nitrous oxide, and other trace gases from rice fields in China.
M.A.K. Khalil, R.A. Rasmussen, M.J. Shearer, Z.-L. Chen, H. Yao, and Y. Jun, J. Geophys. Res., 103(D19): 25,241-25,250, 1998.
- Atmospheric methane over the last century.
M.A.K. Khalil, M.J. Shearer, and R.A.Rasmussen, World Resource Review, 8(4): 481-492, 1996.
- The distribution of solar radiation in the Earth’s atmosphere: The effects of ozone, aerosols, and clouds.
Y. Lu and M.A.K. Khalil. Chemosphere, 32(4): 739-758, 1996.
- Greenhouse gases in the earth’s atmosphere.
M.A.K. Khalil. Encyclopedia of Environmental Biology, Volume 2, W.A. Nirenberg, Editor, Academic Press, Florida, p. 251-265, 1995.
- The global sources of nitrous oxide.
M.A.K. Khalil and R.A. Rasmussen; J. Geophys. Res., 97(D13):14651-14660, 1992.
- Theory and development of a one-dimensional time-dependent radiative convective climate model.
R.M. MacKay and M.A.K. Khalil, Chemosphere, 22(3-4):383-417, 1991.
- Linear least squares method for time series analysis with an application to a methane time series.
M. A. K. Khalil and F. P. Moraes. Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association, 45, Jan 1995.